Kozilek's Translator
Creature — Eldrazi Drone
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Pay 1 life: Add 
. Activate only once each turn. ( represents colorless mana.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #24959
Kozilek's Translator gives you a repeatable colorless-to-any-color conversion on a 3/3 body — relevant in Eldrazi shells that generate mountains of Wastes mana but need colored sources to cast support spells. Three mana for that effect is fair, and the body is incidental upside.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Kozilek's Translator earns a regular slot — specifically in Eldrazi-heavy decks whose mana bases skew heavily colorless and occasionally need to cast colored interaction or value pieces. In Pauper it's legal but the format has no equivalent colorless-mana-abundance payoff, so it sits unplayed. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage have no archetype that wants to pay three mana for a mana-fixing creature at this power level, and Kozilek's Translator will see essentially zero play in those formats. Stick to Commander if you're running it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Kozilek's Translator is deep bulk — buy a playset for less than the price of a sleeve. Bulk commons with narrow applications don't appreciate, so treat this as a throw-in rather than a pickup.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.